Cloud and SDN Architect

Cloud and SDN Architect – Vodafone

Role Purpose

As Cloud and SDN solution architect in Cloud Solutions, Orchestration and Intelligence team we expect you to run cloud solutions design for all the European Markets including MPN and Edge, in accordance with Vodafone strategy and focused on Virtual/Containerized Network Functions (VFN) and SDN needs.

• Virtualization and cloud native platforms overall;
• RedHat OpenShift OCP and ACM, Openshift Virtualization, Ceph storage and Kubernetes components like MetalLB, Prometheus, Whereabouts, FluentBit, Istio;
• Hardware and software lifecycle management;
• VMWare by Broadcom Telco Cloud Platform components, namely: vCloud Director, vSphere, vRealize products (vRealize Operations, Orchestrator, Log inside and Network Insight), NSX-T, Telco Cloud Automation (TCA) and VMWare Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG), AVI Load Balancer;
• Infrastructure in general (hypervisor, computing, storage, networking – physical or virtual).

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What You’ll Do

• Prepare mid and long term technology plan, in line with Vendor’s roadmap and technology evolution, to cope with customers’ and traffic growth ensuring service quality and network performance according to business requirements;
• Solution design (CaaS, IaaS and/or PaaS) in accordance to Vodafone needs and aligned with best practices;
• Evaluate Vendors’ technical and commercial offers and support Supply Chain/Vodafone Purchase Company activities during commercial negotiations with the Vendors;
• Prepare mid and long term financial planning activities (Network Evolution Plan and Short & Long Range Plan);
• Support capacity planning and its continuous monitoring through Machine Learning techniques.

Who You Are

• Strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills (in English);
• Customer oriented and systematic way of working;
• Ability to work across multi-functional and cultural boundaries to deliver results and change;
• Strong individual thinking & judgment;
• Open minded attitude.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified;
• At least 5 years professional experience in cloud and virtualization telco workload;
• Expert in data centre infrastructure, cloud computing and virtualization architectures (Telco);
• Solid understanding of virtualization (VMWare) and containerization (Kubernetes);
• Solid understanding of routing and switching protocols (i.e. BGP / ISIS / OSPF);
• Experience with Kubernetes networking (CNIs, Service Mesh, Network Policies, Ingress/Egress);
• Experience with Network Load Balancers and Firewalls;
• Experience designing/implementing IPv6 solutions.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

We are committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Other

Industries

Information Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Telecommunications

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